Herdsmen: The Inflicter Of Sorrow Poem by Frank Adie

A horde of bloodthirsty herdsmen-
Are on the loose on their satanic expedition;
Ferocious, violent and bloodthirsty killer brigade,
Whom unimaginable cruelty is their stock-in-trade;
Cruelty unleashed with breath-taking unscrupulousness
Possible only when reason come under suzerainty of madness.

When vengeance is weighed on a disproportionate scale,
Men can be massacred to avenge the death of cattle;
To avenge the killing of a single cow, a mere cow,
A whole village is slaughtered, wow! Wow! ! Wow! ! !
Stomachs of gravid women are ripped open,
And innocent infants number among the fallen.

These acts of ruthlessness and savagery,
Has brought us nothing but misery;
These faceless brigands have defied arrest,
A pointer to the anarchic system that we operate;
My deepest sympathy goes to the people of Benue State;
Especially the survivals of these incessant onslaught.